A tentative agreement was reached, and soon thereafter, Butterfield left the Crosby band, and jobbed around in New York and Chicago, waiting for Shaw’s call. P.O. Patreon backers have two bonus podcasts this week. I’m not interested in giving people what they want. Here is the explanation he sent to me. All compositions by Frank Zappa except as noted . His expansive solo (in two takes) is similar in mood and construction to his brief solo on the Shaw record. Goodman’s chronic sciatica had by the summer of 1940 become so painful that he was advised to have surgery to alleviate some of the discomfort. Shaw’s own playing at this juncture, despite his relative inactivity for the previous seven-plus months, was superb. “I’m writing songs for a new record,” he told me. London was where you had to go if you wanted to make it as a rock musician, just like the Beatles had a few years before. Shaw knew exactly what he wanted to do with this entire arrangement. Howard Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. The press was more interested than ever in Shaw. background riffs. Only reason your not the star dust of history. I knew he was taking the piss, so I said nothing. I also have Tony Visconti on bass and he’s my producer.”, He sounded polite, and Mick had taken the trouble to recommend me to him, so I didn’t want to be rude to the guy. It came in mid-June. My mum burst into tears and my dad shouted at me, “Are you bloody mad? He was also selected to appear on the weekly George Burns and Gracie Allen NBC network radio show. The drummer in this excerpt from "Star Dust" uses brushes to emphasize the backbeat. James Infirmary” (1941) Artie Shaw with Hot Lips Page, “Green Goon Jive” (1941) Jan Savitt/Billy Moore, “‘T’Aint So Honey, ‘T’Aint So” (1938) Bunny Berigan – with Georgie Auld, Joe Dixon and Buddy Rich. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 1 Publisher's summary 2 Plot 3 Characters 4 References 4.1 Locations 4.2 Species 4.3 Individuals 5 Notes 6 Continuity 7 External links There is a message for you. That story was true for me, and it took me on a journey that I enjoyed. I would like to include the comments of clarinetist Kevin Ritter here for the benefit of Shaw fans who want to know as many facts as possible about Shaw’s iconic solo on his Victor recording of “Star Dust.” Here they are: “Just to add finality to a point raised in the comments section of the attached article, I have copies of the score and all the parts to “Star Dust” and Artie’s solo from the 1940 record is not written out at all, in the Full Score of the 1940 arrangement, or on either of the two sets of Parts from 1940 and 1944/45 respectively. So I can think of no better tribute than an excerpt from Ken’s fascinating memoir Abbey Road To Ziggy Stardust ... As well as any colleague could, I suppose. It was one of Ellington's many collaborations in the early 1960s with musicians such as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus, and placed him with a quartet (in this case, saxophone, … “Well, let’s see how long this band lasts!” yelled my dad, and stormed out. At least I tried.”, And that was it. LP CBS S 80418 (& cassette), Excerpt reissued 2007 on CD "Mars einfach - 1. Chico was the drummer and Chet was the trumpeter. Search in posts . Book This book does not require a rating on the project's quality scale. Wish that I knew more about music composition. Recorded by the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra for ... "St. James Infirmary" Composed by Joe Primrose; arranger unknown (*) Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on November 12, ... "Green Goon Jive" Composed by Jan Savitt; arranged by Billy Moore. Suddenly I opened my eyes wide, and I knew that was the truth. Then a band came on the TV; I didn’t know who it was, but they fitted in with the scene that was going on in my head. Nowadays you can live in Manchester, for example, and still be in a big band, but it just wasn’t possible to do that back then. The texture of "Stardust" is: homophonic. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is regarded as one of the most … I think I read in Simosko’s book that Artie often wrote out sax soli’s and whoever the arranger of the tune was, he then incorporated them into the arrangement. Jenney’s rich, full-bodied sound added to the emotional appeal of the passage.”(**). I agree it’s possible that Lenny wrote out a “sketch” for Artie to play during the solo section, but for it to be written out verbatim, well…..until I’d see it with my own eyes….. The written clarinet part (on the front and in ink) was like every other “Artie” part in his book – as just a conductor’s lead sheet of the whole arrangement transposed for Bb clarinet with indications of where his solo sections were for him to play, and includes other sections where he plays arranged sections of the arrangement with the rest of the band. From SPIDER FROM MARS by Woody Woodmansey. The most memorable moment of the performance has always been Jack Jenney’s magnificent trombone solo, considered in its day for all its romantic cast, a major breakthrough statement, both in technical and expressive terms. Michael “Woody” Woodmansey was the drummer for David Bowie’s The Spiders from Mars from 1969-1973 on the hit albums The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars.Born in Driffield, Yorkshire, in 1951, he is the last surviving member of The Spiders from Mars.He continues to play with his band Holy Holy and lives in London. First, I appreciate that all who have commented have done so. Redhotjazz.com was a pioneering website during the "Information wants to be Free" era of the 1990s. Best to both of you! These often have their genesis in pronouncements Shaw himself made as early as the late 1930s (and for decades thereafter), when journalists were insatiably curious about this handsome young (and later not so young) man, who was articulate and intelligent, and could play the clarinet and lead his swing band so brilliantly. Pivotal song on THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS (1972) which tells the central story of Ziggy Stardust's rise and fall. They gouged their initials into the paint of his car, and indeed turned a car he was riding in over in a frenzy of “adulation.” Soon thereafter, there was an incident where Shaw’s band appeared an hour late at an engagement just north of the U.S-Canada border near Buffalo, New York, (through no fault of their own – Artie himself was at the venue when the gig was supposed to have started), and the venue manager began harassing Shaw about it, threatening to reduce the agreed amount Artie was to receive for playing the dance. After his solo on Shaw’s “Star Dust” record became known, first to musicians, then to swing fans, and then to people who knew little or nothing about music, he became a legendary figure. The viewpoint from which those songs were written was unique, even back then. The media was awash in Shaw stories, pictures and features. State of Shock (1126 words) by David P. Press. For awhile, he gave them what they wanted because he understood that in order to have success in the music business on the scale he wanted and eventually had, one must interact productively with the press. One addition – Jenny had recorded STAR DUST with his own band in late 1939 for Okeh. His eventual first trombonist, Jack Jenney, was also an excellent jazz soloist (especially on ballads), had very recently decided to give up his own band, which had been commercially unsuccessful. When I told June about it she didn’t quite know how to react, because she didn’t know how long I’d be away. Artie then plays a brilliantly constructed improvised solo that includes some choice Shavian high-notes, including a singing high A. I’d just had my annual holiday. But I did know that I needed to get to London if I was going to make it as a musician. That arrangement allowed him to play an entire chorus solo. Major Tom has left the planet, and I can think of no better tribute to music legend David Bowie than an excerpt from producer Ken Scott’s memoir Abbey Road To Ziggy Stardust … “We’ll have a laugh, and David’s a good songwriter. Search in excerpt. I knew I would never convince him. Stefan (5939 words) by Britt DiGiacomo . To my surprise, I found myself thinking, “Fuck, these songs are good,” even though I’d previously dismissed them as being too lightweight for me. This is "Drummer Boy Excerpt" by Flowing Camera on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. I recollect exactly what Bowie looked like when he opened it. One of these was unusual because they’d dressed up as superheroes. Shaw’s stress level increased. Marshall Stearns, in mentioning the Newman sides in his Story of Jazz, said, ". You simply say, “I didn’t get that one,” and move on. I was used to blues wailing from heavy rock singers – Robert Plant, Paul Rogers and so on – but Bowie didn’t have that kind of voice at all. So all thoughtful opinions have value, and help us to get closer to the truth. He collaborated extensively on the arrangements that he recorded with studio musicians on two recording dates in the first half of 1940, and he conceived the overall structure of the arrangement we hear of “Star Dust” then also. (I must admit I grew to really like “Space Oddity” too.). All my mates worked there, and I really liked it. I was being totally uprooted from my home town to a completely new environment. “Come on, Woods,” he urged. That relationship soon became fraught with difficulty. He was an overlooked but pivotal catalyst who recorded just one album in 1961, with trumpeter Kenny Dorham, although he played with Max Roach’s Quintet and Miles that year. When we got to London, Mick had to go off to see someone – he was going to join us the next day – so I went out to Beckenham, the suburb where Bowie lived, on my own. Jenney’s solo on the broadcast version of “Star Dust” is also a totally different improvisation from the Victor recording. Tracklist 01. His guitarists John Wilkinson and James Burton. But behind the scenes, Shaw and his managers were actively pursuing opportunities that would feature him and a band on a sponsored network radio show, and in another feature film. I realized that even if I came back from playing with Bowie, and I was in the gutter with rags on, and all my mates and relatives were saying to me, “Ha ha, you wanker – we told you not to go!”, I could stick two fingers up at them and say, “Fuck you. So, sort of. In yet another ill-advised interview, this one with Dave Dexter of the music tabloid (later magazine) Down Beat that was published on October 15, he stated that he: “hated the music business,” and was going to leave it “…just as soon as I’m fixed for life financially, and that time isn’t far off.”. He was aided greatly in this process by the coincidental disbanding of Benny Goodman’s band, which had been playing in southern California. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Charles William “Billy” Butterfield, George “Jumbo” Wendt, Jimmy (Jack) Cathcart, trumpets; Truman Eliot “Jack” Jenney and Vernon “Red” Brown, trombones; Les Robinson and Neely Plumb, alto saxophones; Clarence “Bus” Bassey and Jerry Jerome, tenor saxophones; John A. Recorded by ... "Nina Never Knew" Composed by Louis Alter (music) and Milton Drake (lyric); arranged by Bill Finegan. “Mick Ronson gave me your number,” he told me. Early footage of Alex Lifeson at home around the dinner table with his folks, to Neil Pearts father discussing if Neil should join the band after John Rutsey was let go due to health reasons. "PEACE ON EARTH/DRUMMER BOY" DUET (CLICK HERE) WERE YOU A FAN OF TV WESTERNS? I left home a week later, on a rainy Monday in March 1970. Dust was an American hard rock band active in the early 1970s. I’d only been to London briefly a couple of times, once on a school day trip and once for an uneventful audition; I didn’t know the city at all. Order now your exceptional DVD in full version with subtitles in all languages. That arrangement allowed him to play an entire chorus solo. TRUE. Armstrong joined Henderson in the fall of 1924 and stayed for a little over a year. The music: In late March of 1940, Artie Shaw and his new bride, Lana Turner, took a honeymoon of sorts. In addition, he had to keep his sensibilities as a jazz musician, intact and healthy. Although Wendt can be heard playing lead parts on “Marinella,” “Danza Lucumi,” and the first part of “Dancing In the Dark” (including the solo), Butterfield’s fat, ringing lead trumpet tone most often defined the sound of Shaw’s 1940-41 brass section, including on the brilliant finale of “Dancing in the Dark.”. (This does not of course apply to his playing of “classical” music.). I didn’t particularly like his music, and I didn’t know if he had talent. Always (8:02) 03. I knew my parents wouldn’t want me to say no to the factory job, and I knew that June and my friends wouldn’t want me to leave Driffield either. He and arranger Lennie Hayton, who had been a successful radio conductor in New York in the mid-1930s (whom Shaw had worked with then), was in 1940 trying to break into film work in Hollywood, collaborated on the rest of the minimalistic chart during the summer of 1940. Jam Blues (excerpt) (4:47) 02. No one had ever done it, and there was no reason why anyone ever would. (**) The Swing Era…The Development of Jazz – 1930-1945 by Gunther Schuller, Oxford University Press (1989), page 704. it turned out to be a good thing that i signed on again. Raving about “Star Dust” in all regards is absolutely deserved, as are the performances of Billy Butterfield, Artie and Jack Jenney, plus of course Lennie Hayton’s arrangement. I remember walking with my two bags, which contained pretty much everything I owned, up to Haddon Hall, a massive Victorian house at 42 Southend Road. A fundamental truth that I’ve always held is that you have to be able to handle winning or losing with the same attitude. He then played me some of his older songs on an acoustic guitar, and, to my relief, I really liked his singing voice. Early footage of Alex Lifeson at home around the dinner table with his folks, to Neil Pearts father discussing if Neil should join the band after John Rutsey was let go due to health reasons. The next day, Shaw contacted Butterfield, and revealed that he was soon going to be doing some high-profile work in Hollywood, that would involve a movie and a network radio show, and that when he put together a band to do this work, he wanted Billy to be his first and solo trumpet. I had no idea if it would work out for me in Bowie’s band. Anansi Boys Click to read the first chapter of Anansi Boys. In an agricultural town like Driffield, no one went off and became a rock star. As summer began, it was announced that Shaw would appear in another film, this one entitled “Second Chorus,” to be produced by Paramount, to star Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard. Predictably, the end came all too soon. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden. The vibe was relaxed, and Bowie was confident and intelligent. The story: It is always challenging to write objectively and accurately about Artie Shaw’s music and personality. When they arrived in New York, they stayed at a luxurious hotel, and spent the evenings dining in Manhattan’s best restaurants, sometimes taking in a Broadway show, then making the rounds of the dozens of venues in New York that then presented live music.Lana loved swing and jazz, and courtesy of the M-G-M dancing school, she was an excellent dancer. Similarly, drummer Doc Cenardo was a very good Dixieland player, but his tap-a-long style and rushed tags were not the right fit for this particular band. Keith Pawlak The sight of John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, the bell of his upswept trumpet pointing skyward, his cheeks distended into hamster-like pouches, and his ubiquitous beret, goatee, horn-rimmed spectacles, and pinstripe suit, became the … “Mick says you’re a really great drummer and that you’d fit in perfectly, as a player and as a person, so we want you to come down and join us in London. He had no idea what Bowie had in mind either. He continues to play with his band Holy Holy and lives in London. Date With Oscar (5:57) Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and pianist Oscar Peterson are the “Have you heard my albums?”. The music begins five minutes into the Livestream with the verse of “Stardust” leading into a warm and joyful version of Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz.” Ms. Strom sings “My Shining Hour,” plays melodically on soprano-sax during “Blackbird,” and concludes with a warm version of “My Ideal” that has a beautiful opening guitar chorus by Sorkin. If I took the factory job, that would be my future, and I’d be looking back with regret. My mates didn’t really want me to go to London either, because we were a close bunch. Stardust Click to read the first chapter of Stardust. Sweethearts On Parade (7:12) 09. Keith Moon’s 1960’s blue/black pearl finish Premier drum kit, used in many of the music scenes in the David Essex movie “Stardust” (1974), starring Keith Moon as J.D. — “What direction do you think you’ll take with the new songs?” I asked. We were doing all right for money, and we had a nice house and everything was fine. It was the progressive rock look. The solo he played on that broadcast is significantly different from the one on the Victor recording. Mary Lou Williams. I want to make an impact, and I need to move on from where I was before.”. They had married earlier in 1940. “Johnny” Guarnieri, piano; Alton Reynolds “Al” Hendrickson, guitar; Jud De Naut, bass; Nicholas “Nick” Fatool, drums; Truman Boardman, Ted Klages, Bill Brower, Bob Morrow, Alex Beller, Eugene Lamas, violins; Allen Harshman and Keith Collins, violas; Fred Goerner, cello. One of the things Shaw resented about the chaotic months of 1939 when he was becoming a swing superstar, was that he had no time then to work on music for his band to play. BS) He said it was a bit folky and that Bowie was a good frontman, but that was about it. On the train I asked Mick what kind of music we’d be playing. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I have gone back to the Shaw aircheck recordings of “Star Dust” from December 6 and 23 of 1938. We’d travelled the length and breadth of England in the Rats, and when you spend that much time cooped up in a van with someone, you get to know them pretty well. Soft Winds (6:14) 04. We ran through the tunes for the technician. If we listen to the 1949 recording of Stardust (on the Thesaurus Transcriptions 2 disc set), Artie plays some similar ideas (and again, goes up to the high B), but I think that’s more due to how incredibly popular the original recording was and what a “staple” his solo became in the 9 yrs. 272 likes. made up of unit structures. You don’t have to audition – the job’s yours if you want it – and I’ve got a place where you can live. The "song about a song about love", played in an idiosyncratic melody in medium tempo, became an American standard and is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century with over 1,500 recordings. I was stumped, so I sat there, numbly, for hours. Samhain drummer LONDON MAY talks with Eric Blair ... Samhain - Live 1984 Stardust Ballroom - Hollywood, CA "Unholy Passion" Part 11 - Duration: … At one such venue, the Ice Terrace Room of Hotel New Yorker, they danced to the music of Bob Crosby’s band. The four musicians had made a bit of progress, but not much: they’d played a John Peel Show on 5 February, and done some gigs around London. He had used studio musicians to make those Victor records. 247 likes. Music Curator Posts about Uncategorized written by hisnameispaul. CHECK OUT THIS REUNION: COMMERCIALS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF TV. Hallelujah! The instrumentation of this band was that of a standard swing band (three trumpets; two [sometimes three] trombones; four saxophones; and four rhythm) plus six violins, two violas, and one cello.The string section was gathered for Shaw by violinist Alex Beller, who acted as concertmaster for the strings. Among other things you are going to find chops of drummers like Dennis Chambers, Omar Hakim, Adam Deitch, Benny Greb, Aaron Spears, Tony Royster, Gerald Heyward, Matt Garstka, Larnell Lewis, Gary Novak, Terry Bozzio, Antonio Sanchez. The door to rock & roll success was slightly open if you wanted to go through it, but you couldn’t go through it from Hull, and the Rats were never going to be big in any case. drums, vibes, and piano. But It’s Star Dust! He joined the band in time for its first Victor recording session, which was on September 7, 1940. I believe that at least some of the solo part on “Concerto for Clarinet” were written out. The footage in question reveals Ziggy Stardust’s “birth” on TV, a moment in broadcast and music history long considered lost. He changed things very slightly during the performance. However, he was little-known to the public in 1940. We haven’t had one of these in a while, have we? Of course, I’d have to move to London, which didn’t immediately appeal. Disentangling fact from fiction in these can be a chore. Like “I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden. So I had a checklist in my head of things that I wanted from Bowie: I wanted him to be able to write, and to be a confident musician, which I could tell he was, just from seeing him sitting there and playing the guitar. Mick Jagger read this from Shelley’s Adonais at a memorial concert for Rolling Stones drummer, Brian Jones at London’s Hyde Park in 1969 before a crowd of 300,000. He had light brown curly shoulder-length hair and he was wearing a rainbow T-shirt, a necklace, bangles, tight red corduroy trousers with a sparkly belt; and blue slip-on shoes with red stars that he’d sprayed on to the top of each one. Clover, drummer with Essex’s band the Stray Cats. Hi Michael (x2!) Fred Fox School of Music All I can say is GREAT. While he was in California he became involved in a relationship with beautiful Hollywood starlet Betty Grable. What was most important to me was that Bowie could write songs. Also, I could see his point. He now had no choice but to form his own standing band, which he did in late June. It’s just my “Shaw fanatic” opinion(s). Beautifully written, thoughtful piece! Bowie sent up a roadie to fetch my drum kit from Driffield, which seemed quite grand to me. I would have rejected my one chance to see if I could make it as a musician, which was the only thing I ever wanted to do anyway. He wasn’t the saint that he’s been made out to be since he died in 1993, but he was a good man whose word I always trusted, so if he thought Bowie had potential, that was important to me. Read an Excerpt. Those people MADE you.’ Want to know my answer? But as I said, it is on the back side of the ink part that AS scribbled down his clarinet solo from the record (that he made four years earlier) in pencil. Mainly, I think, because Boneyard was a hotsy-totsy number and everything had to … To hell with them!” And: “My friends and advisors tell me that I’m a damned fool. This is difficult under “normal” circumstances, when one can think about the music one is playing, can select music that is conducive to jazz, and can experiment to see what works best. Many musicians have surmised that Shaw wrote out this solo beforehand because of its perfect structure, but he didn’t. I got a train from Driffield to Hull and met Mick at the station, and we went down to London together. I’d been listening to bands such as Led Zeppelin and Cream over the previous couple of years; Bowie’s influences were obviously completely different. Hoagy Carmichael. Fragile Things Click to listen to an audio excerpt from Fragile Things. Thanks for the great (as usual) article, Mike! Saxophonist Greg Ward has been a ubiquitous presence in the Chicago jazz scene for some years now. I was talking to my grandkids, pointing at the TV and saying to them, “When I was twenty, I could have done that!” – and the whole thing went on pause. Like John. 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